- AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after.
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. A group of 190 octavo-format lithographs, including:
1) Snowy Owl (Plate 28)
2) Tyrant Flycatcher or King Bird (Plate 56)
3) Audubon’s Wood-Warbler (Plate 77)
4) Black-throated Green Wood Warbler (Plate 84)
5) Rock-Wren (Plate 116)
6) Black cap Titmouse (Plate 126)
7) Arctic Bluebird (Plate 136)
8) Tawny Thrush (Plate 145)
9) Painted Lark-Bunting (Plate 153)
10) Swamp Sparrow (Plate 175)
11) Bachman’s Pinewood Finch (Plate 176)
12) Song Finch (Plate 189)
13) Wandering Rice-bird (Plate 211)
14) Common Magpie (Plate 227)
15) Clarke’s Nutcracker (Plate 235)
16) Red-bellied Nuthatch (Plate 248)
17) Zenaida Dove (Plate 281)
18) Black-bellied Plover (Plate 315)
19) Rocky-Mountain Plover (Plate 318)
20) Great Marbled Godwit (Plate 348)
21) American Swan (Plate 384)
22) Duskey Duck (Plate 386)
23) Townsend’s Cormorant (Plate 418)
24) Kittiwake Gull (Plate 444)
25) Common or Arctic Puffin (Plate 464)
26) Brewer’s Blackbird (Plate 492)
27) Shattuck’s Bunting (Plate 493)
28) Maryland Marmot. Woodchuck. Groundhog (Plate II)
29) Downy Squirrel (Plate XXV)
30) Polar Bear (Plate XCI)
And 160 others. Together, 190 lithographs after J.J. Audubon et al by J.T. Bowen, from The Birds of North America (Philadelphia), mixed Octavo editions, or Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (Philadelphia & New York), J.T. Bowen et al, n.d. [ca 19th-century]. Each approximately 10 ½ x 6 3/4-in. or smaller, most with stab-holes from old sewing and adhesive remnants along gutter margin, condition generally very good, most with a leaf or leaves of corresponding textual description. Complete list available upon request.
Provenance for the lot: Many plates from the Public Library, Duluth, MN (stamps verso); most with a Certificate of Authenticity by Georgetown Galleries dated 16 June 1994 or 28 July 1994.
- AUDUBON, John James (1785-1852) et al,
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1852) et al, after
A group of 10 octavo-format prints, comprising:
1) Great Horned Owl (Plate 39)
2) Arctic Ground Finch (Plate 194)
3) Common Pine-finch (Plate 199)
4) Canadian Woodpecker (Plate 258)
5) Hairy Woodpecker (Plate 262)
6) Cock of the Plains (Plate 297)
7) Sharp-tailed Grouse (Plate 298)
8) Musk Rat Musquash (Plate XIII)
9) Jumping Mouse (Plate LXXXV)
10) Musk Ox (Plate CXL)
Together, 10 lithographs in color, some with hand-coloring, ca 19th-century or later, each visible area approximately 9 1/2 x 6-in. or smaller, condition generally very good, all similarly matted and framed (unexamined out of frame).
- BOIZOT "DIANA AND THE DOE" BISQUE FIGURE
BOIZOT "DIANA AND THE DOE" BISQUE FIGURE Louis-Simon Boizot (French, 1743-1809), "Diane a la Biche" [Diana and the doe] Sculpture, designed for Sevres in 1785, this circa 1900 figure signed in cast "Boizot" and "Diane a la Biche" the underside with impressed marks reading "Made in France / Genuine Bisque." 14" H x 7" W x 8" D. Keywords: Sculpture, Goddess of the Hunt, Artemis, Female figure
- MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY, RESOLVES OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY, RESOLVES OF THE COURT, 1785 Supplement to the Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Begun and held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on Wednesday, the Twenty-fifth day of May, A.D., 1785 [bound with] Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Begun and held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on Wednesday, the Twenty-fifth day of May, A.D., 1785; and from thence continued, by adjournment, to Wednesday, the Nineteenth Day of October following [bound with] Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Published by Printed by Adams and Nourse, [Boston], 1786. Signed in print by Samuel Adams and Nathaniel Gorham.
- SUPREME COURT DOCUMENT WITH SIGNATURES,
SUPREME COURT DOCUMENT WITH SIGNATURES, 1789 An early Supreme Court document. The Supreme Court case is for Campbell v. Willett, a case about debt on the states. One page ALS double sided, signed by Nathaniel Pendleton (October 27, 1756-October 20, 1821). He was Attorney General of Georgia from 1785 to 1786. He was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which drafted the United States Constitution. He was elected to the Congress of the Confederation (Continental Congress) in 1789 and was later a lawyer in New York. Also signed by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Benson. Framed in double sided glass with black matting and frame,
- JAMES DUANE, SIGNED REVOLUTIONARY WAR
JAMES DUANE, SIGNED REVOLUTIONARY WAR DOCUMENT This important pay order document to James Duane (1733-1797) is boldly written and clearly readable. For service to the state of New York, Duane set out from Livingston Manor to attend a NY state Constitutional Convention in White Plains New York; meeting with others from the highlands and then going to Fishkill, New York and then back to Livingston Manor. This pay document lists his days of work from August 30, 1776 to February 1777 which was confirmed and paid by James Livingston (American, 1733-1797), of Livingston Manor. Document then proceeds to show he then received his monies from Peter Van Brugh Livingston, who was the first state treasurer of New York. Signed J, Duane and witnessed by John J. Meyers. James Duane was a delegate to the First Continental Congress, a signer of the Articles of Confederation, and a member of the Congress of the Confederation from 1781 until 1783. Duane became Mayor of New York in 1784 and served in that office for four years. He was elected to the New York Senate where he served from 1782-1785 and from 1788-1790. On September 25, 1789, President George Washington nominated Duane to the Federal District Court in New York and following confirmation by the United States Senate, Duane held that judicial office until he resigned due to ill health in 1794. James Duane is a Founding Father of the United States. The document is mounted in a double-sided glass frame.
- CONTINENTAL ARMY PAY STUB TO PHILLIP
CONTINENTAL ARMY PAY STUB TO PHILLIP TURNER, 1781 A pay table office stub issued December 17, 1781 to Dr. Philip Turner (1739-1815) and signed by him on the verso as P. Turner. Also signed by Major Finn Wadsworth (1750-1785) and Eleazer Wales (1732-1794), on the front.
- EDMUND BURKE, AMERICAN TAXATION AND
EDMUND BURKE, AMERICAN TAXATION AND OTHERS 1775 A bound edition of the following works by or related to Edmund Burke: Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774. Fourth Edition. Published 1775 by J. Dodsley. A Letter to Edmund Burke, Esq; Member of Parliament for the City of Bristol, and Agent For the Colony of New York, in Answer to His Printed Speech, by Josiah Tucker, D.D. Printed 1775 by R. Raikes, Gloucester. Mr. Burke's Speech, on the Motion Made for Papers Relative to the Directions for Charging the Nabob of Arcot's Private Debts to Europeans, on the Revenues of the Carnatic. February 28th, 1785, with an Appendix. Published 1785 by J. Dodsley. The book has been re-bound to include all of these important works. The book has fully leather bindings with gilt titling on a field of black. An important sammelband of the important writings that shaped the American government.
- TRACTUS DE PRACEPTIS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT
TRACTUS DE PRACEPTIS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 1785 Here is a completed rendering of a working manuscript Aloysium clericum hera bvuschsem spectatiste. On heavy horizontally laid and vertical ribbed paper of Tractatus de praceptis decaslogi proemium, Or "The Treaty on the Precepts of the Ten Commandments." Inside the front cover the date is elaborately written as November, 14th, 1785. Bound in period marbled paper boards with a vellum spine and hinge and looks to have been written in cursive Italian script. 438pp. (1).
- GEORGE III SILVER FISH SERVER BY HESTER
GEORGE III SILVER FISH SERVER BY HESTER BATEMAN London, 1785, 12 1/8 in. L
- GEORGE III SILVER STUFFING SPOON BY
GEORGE III SILVER STUFFING SPOON BY HESTER BATEMAN London, 1785, the terminal with chased armorial crest, 11 1/2 in. L, 3.2 ozt.
- PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE RIBBONBACK
PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE RIBBONBACK DINING CHAIRPhiladelphia Chippendale mahogany ribbonback dining chair, ca. 1785 , attributed to the workshop of Daniel Trotter.
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Condition:
38" h., 22" w., 16 3/4" seat height (frame only). Repaired break to stile. Repair to crest/stile joint. Losses to knees. Repaired crack to side stretcher.